This is an interesting match-up.Smith can match Davis's speed punch for punch but Davis punches better in combinations. Smith has a little more pop in his punches and both have questionable chins. I'll take Smith by suprise 9th round stoppage.
smith by late ko. lightning lonnie could really bring it when the mood took him. just a bit too much for davis who didnt have a good track record at jr. welter
I think Davis fought better competition than Smith, and that would help him if this was 85 and before.
Howard was faster than Lonnie, and he would win by a UD.Of course, he didn't have the greatest chin, and at some point, in round seven, he would get floored, but Smith, at best, would only win three rounds against Davs.
This is a really interesting matchup. I wonder how Lonnie would deal with someone as fast as himself. Davis arguably beat a nearing prime Meldrick Taylor. I think there's a possibillity that Lonnie could blast Davis out, but I think Davis' superior technique and consistency would get him a decision more often than not. That sounds a bit silly as I write it, but what I mean is Lonnie did a lot of goofy **** (walking away, not looking at his opponent, trying to set traps), which almost seemed like he was just trying to kill time in a round. Just seems to me like Davis could bring what he had more consistently throughout a fight.
